ORIENTATIONS TO SEEKING PROFESSIONAL HELP - DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH UTILITY OF AN ATTITUDE SCALE
ORIENTATIONS TO SEEKING PROFESSIONAL HELP - DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH UTILITY OF AN ATTITUDE SCALE
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DOI:
10.1037/h0029636
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发表时间:
1970-01-01
影响因子:
5.9
通讯作者:
TURNER, JLB
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作者:
FISCHER, EH;TURNER, JLB
Developed and standardized a measure of attitudes toward seeking professional help for psychological disturbances. The scale reliably distinguished persons who had experienced psychotherapeutic help from those without such professional contact (p<. 0001). Women's help-seeking attitudes were consistently more positive than men's (p<. 0001). Factor analyses were conducted on 3 independent samples and revealed 4 dimensions of the attitude: recognition of need for psychological help, stigma tolerance, interpersonal openness, and confidence in mental health professionals. Authoritarianism and internal vs. external locus of control variables correlated predictably to attitude scores for both sexes. Need for approval and interpersonal trust measures correlated significantly with males' attitudes. A masculinity test had no correspondence to attitude scores within either female or male samples.(21 ref.)(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)